Tiger Stadium

This article is about Tiger Stadium in Detroit. For Tiger Stadium at LSU, please see Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge).

Trivia

• Had a 125 ft (38 m) tall flagpole in fair play, to the left of dead center field near the 440 ft (134 m) mark.
• The right-field upper deck overhung the field by 10 feet (3 m), prompting the installation of lights above the warning track.
• Was the second-to-last stadium to install lights for night play, before Wrigley Field.
• Had upper-deck bleacher seating in the outfield.
• Was host to 11,111 home runs, the last a mammoth, right field, roof top grand slam by Detroit's Robert Fick as the last hit in the last game played there.
• The depth in straightaway center field was actually 425 ft (130 m), not the 440 ft (134 m) as shown on the centerfield wall.
• Tiger Stadium was home to the Detroit Lions from 1938 to 1974 when they dropped their final Tiger Stadium game to the Denver Broncos on Thanksgiving Day. The football field ran mostly in the outfield from the right field line to left center field parallel with the third base line. The benches for both the Lions and their opponents were on the outfield side of the field.
• On July 13, 1934, Babe Ruth hit his 700th career home run.
• May 2, 1939, will be forever remembered in the annals of baseball as the day New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig voluntarily benched himself at Briggs Stadium, ending a streak of 2,130 consecutive games.